The Dig (Book 1 of the Matt Turner Series) by Michael Siemsen

Author:Michael Siemsen [Siemsen, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Michael Siemsen
Published: 2011-01-07T08:00:00+00:00

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“You are too new, little one,” Olo said as she rolled the cutter from side to side in the cloth. She could still feel the heat from it.

“I won’t touch the sharp part, Mama,” Opwot said, bouncing impatiently.

Looking at her daughter, Olo marveled at how similar they were. When she was new, she, too, had always wanted what she could not have.

“Well, even if I were to let you hold it, it’s too hot to touch right now. Your skin will burn, and you’ll cry.”

“I won’t cry, Mama. Boys play with cutters at the Clothes House all the time!”

“Watch ...” Olo dipped her fingers in the waterbowl and splashed a few drops onto the blade. The water popped and sizzled and disappeared.

Opwot jumped and laughed. “I want to do that!” she cried. And plunging her whole hand into the waterbowl, she shook it over the blade, getting more water on her mother than on the metal.

Her mother frowned and wiped her eye with her shoulder strap.

“You got it in my eye, Opwot—be more careful.”

“Why don’t we just put the cutter in the water so it’s not hot anymore?”

“Because it will break the blade, newest. We can put it in the water in a little while. Now, why don’t you go play with Gleyer and Pret? Let Mama work.”

“They just throw rocks at other rocks. It’s stupid.”

Tapping the blade with her finger, Olo determined that it was nearly cool enough. She let it slide into the waterbowl.

“Can I touch this one?” Opwot asked, pointing at a complete cutter with a handle attached. Not wait for an answer, she wrapped her fingers tightly around the blade, then shrieked as she felt the razor edge slice deeply into her fingers.

“No! Opwot! What did you ... ?” She grasped her daughter’s hand and squeezed it into a tight fist. Opwot screamed again from the pain as Olo’s eyes darted over the room, looking for a bit of cloth.

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